Network of European Collectors' Museums

Thanks to the generosity of many collectors, our cities now have major museums that allow their residents and visitors to enjoy the pieces that these men and woman collected with passion throughout their lives.

However diverse they might be as a group, collectors have one characteristic in common: a passion for collecting. Antonis Benaki, William Burrell, Calouste Gulbenkian, Frederic Marès and Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli also shared a didactic vocation that caused them to worry about the future of their collections at the end of their lives; groups of works that they brought together whose significance lies in their indivisible nature.